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- Kathmandu
- Capital
- Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
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Nepal Slideshow
Top Hotels in Nepal
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Chitwan Riverside Resort Kathmandu
11 reviews -
Fairmount Hotel Pokhara
14 reviews -
Hotel Glacier Pokhara
119 reviews -
Hotel Fewa Lake Pokhara
15 reviews
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Pawan International Hotel Lumbini
9 reviews
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Travel Blogs from Nepal
Annapurna trek continues
This is a top pick! The walking on this next morning was different again with the valley opening up and we walked for a bit on the sandy river bank. Still pretty steadily climbing. Kanjana doing well. Highlight was, as we passed a goat herder and his ...
Volunteering report #2
This is a top pick! ... . I try to keep some kind of mathematical theme by discussing New Zealand's geographical and population size in proportion to Nepal's, the exchange rate and the relative cost of various things. The kids get involved and really seem to enjoy ...
Sadhus, Dhal Bhat and Luxuriously Thick Air
This is a top pick! ... bridge and to an oasis that is Nepal. The sights, sounds and smells were music to us after the hardships of the Tibetan Plateau. Nepal is 2 and 1/4 hours behind Tibet so we were in time to catch a bus to Kathmandu. Luckily there was a bank at the border ...
Help me find a Post Office please
This is a top pick! ... on the road and really forcing drivers to buy their tickets. Dangerous practice I think. At the border we checked out of Nepal through Customs and Immigration and had the carnet stamped. Then we checked in across the border in to India 20 meters down ...
Volunteering report #4
This is a top pick! ... to have a sizeable groundswell of popular support, if the posters, flags and other communist paraphernalia are any guide. We have come to Nepal in historic times. Today our mission is on a much more modest scale. We have come to look at Serene Valley ...
Traffic jam from Hell
This is a top pick! 25.9.06 Kathmandu Nepal This was another full day of driving for us and we were looking forward to arriving in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, as the temperature would be cooler. Nepal only has an area of 147,181 sq km which we have been up and down ...
Sanctury Sojorn - packs, paths, peaks and pizza
This is a top pick! ... shoulders...The next days walking was up through a fabulous mossy, green rainforest, we saw more birds than anywhere else in Nepal including a pied Himalayan woodpecker... on the track we passed (in the other direction thankfully) a few groups, two French ...
Return to Jomsom
This is a top pick! DAY 9 Muktinath (3710m) to Jomsom (2760m) To reach Jomsom we retrace our footsteps, this time facing into the wind. Our buffs protect our heads and make a good nose and mouth dust guard. Sunglasses over the eyes and we ...
*Days 40-43: Obama & The Search for Interpol
This is a top pick! ... guards went "oohh! Keep going, and just past temple you see it." I walked North, passed a small temple, and found the "Europe-Nepal Tourism Cooperative" or something to that effect. There was no way this was what I was looking for, but I popped my head ...
Walking Across Chitwan National Park
This is a top pick! ... now encircled the park. The key part of this equation involved mosquitoes, carriers of malaria. Earlier, lowland areas of Nepal were only inhabited by the native Tharu peoples, malaria-resistent people supposedly descended from an Indian princess and ...
Lazy
This is a top pick! Pokhara 2nd time round We changed hotels to a great place, closer to the centre of town but off the main drag. Hot water at the flick of a switch, satellite tv, nice family and cheap! We hung around for a few days stuffing our faces with chocolate ...
Last night in Nepal
This is a top pick! ... flight in 3 months (well excluding the joy ride into Lukla) and headed out for our final dinner. What can we say about Nepal? We absolutely loved it. As Liz had on her first visit we will be leaving with attachments in the country and a ...
Day 45: ID4 at the Embassy
This is a top pick! Saturday morning was a glorious morning. At last, a long awaited day had arrived: July 5th aka 4th in the US. Lindsey had gotten an email from the embassy a few weeks back regarding an Independence Day celebration they were hosting, and nearly all the ...
Rhinosourus
This is a top pick! ... the most famous resident of the village. View the video to find out who! We had a great time in this part of Nepal and made some great friends. Beers frequently drunk by the river by late afternoon whilst watching the locals wash down their ...
The climb to Namche Bazaar
This is a top pick! DAY 2 Phakding (2652m) to Namche Bazaar(3420m) Firstly the reason a boiled egg is more expensive than a room is because of the distance that egg has travelled. It would have started life in a chicken farm and been carried into this region, the egg will ...
Bungle in the Jungle
This is a top pick! After leaving my puppy dog guide, I take a public bus for a six hour ride on barely traverseable roads west to see some wildlife in Chitwan National Park. Immediately upon getting down from the mountains the weather changes from bone dry to moist, humid ...
Circuit Days 1 - 9, Besishahar to High Camp
This is a top pick! Days 1-9, Besishahar - High Camp The hotel in Pokhara had free bag storage so we packed up the night before and left at about 5.30am with our little day packs and pulled into Besishahar at around 11am. We had to sign in with the local authorities, ...
Back In Pokhara
This is a top pick! The next 4 days relaxing and eating in Pokhara... Arriving back late afternoon we took Rame out for a thank you dinner. He'd been the perfect porter guide and we hope he has a good future doing what he loves. He'd told us that he'd wanted to do this ...
The apple Kingdom of Nepal
This is a top pick! ... its a different breakfast from the normal fried eggs and doughnuts/Tibetan bread. We get porridge and because we are walking to Nepal's apple kingdom, we find tasty apple chunks in the porridge. Our first piece of fruit in six days tastes ...
Earth, wind, fire and water
This is a top pick! DAY 8 Kagbeni (2840m) to Muktinath (3710m) An early start, and we made a steep climb up of around 500m to a dirt track. The altitude here was about 3400m and the lack of oxygen slowed us down. My guide was getting into a little strop over a typing ...
The Trek begins today!
This is a top pick! Rob and I jumped out of bed raring to go only to find Rame still in the shower. We thought he was slack but no, he was smart. He knew that the plane which would take us to Jomsom had to come from Kathmandu first and he hadnt heard any planes coming ...
FAREWELL NEPAL
This is a top pick! ... two months in Nepal and cannot wait to return (and have several cunning plans for the next trip). I certainly thought that Nepal would be an experience enjoyed more in retrospect than when we were actually there, which was pretty much true for our time ...
Kathmandu - Day 34
This is a top pick! I'm now in country number four on my travels. I've just landed in Kathmandu from Delhi. Now in the home of eight out of ten of the biggest peaks on the planet! Staying at the Kathmandu Guest house tonight which is in the Thamel ...
Kathmandu - Day 35
This is a top pick! ... the Sherpa people are suppose to be even more friendly, if this is the case I'm certainly looking forward to my time in Nepal. I've just booked a trek to Everest base camp. The company I'm going with have some pretty impressive customers such as ...
Kathmandu - Day 36
This is a top pick! Ill, Ill, Ill!!! Had a horrendous night, not sure if this illness I'm suffering is related to the food poisoning I had in Delhi or whether it's something I've eaten or caught here in Kathmandu. I thought I was making a recovery when I arrived ...
Makalu-Barun, part IV: Return to Khandbari
This is a top pick! On the first day of November, Maila and I began our three day trip back to Khandbari. At that point I'd be out of money, but at least I'd be better off than the lizard that lived in the squat toilet hole of Tashigaon. "Life is shit," said the ...
Revised itinerary
This is a top pick! Bombay, India (May 15-25) We'll experience the vibrant colors and exotic foods of India's economic and cultural capital. We'll tour some of the city's attractions and arrange a "homestay" with a local family. Depending on our time and various travel ...
Pokhara
This is a top pick! We had organised our hotel room from Sonauli so at least we had somewhere to stay after our exhausting 10 hour bus journey from the border. Whoever thought sitting on your ass for hours on end could be so taxing. The hotel had also organised a taxi ...
In your own time town
This is a top pick! ... we should stuff our faces. In our hostel tonight the only other guest staying was Steve from Australia. Steve had definitely come to Nepal to 'find himself'. He was a nice guy who explained he liked to walk and think, then look and think, then ...